My bitch has developed large red blister type wheels on her tummy almost like chicken pox.  She is well and they dont seem to bother her too much.  I have been to my vet who charged £60 for an examination and  a course of antibiotics and the symptoms are no better.  If anyone has had experience of anything like this I would be grateful for your input.

Ringworm? or some kind of mite.

could it be an allergy to something?

Difficult to know if they are the same as the type of blisters/spots that Scarlet gets for which the treatment ahs been Fuciderm cream which sorts them out in about a week.

Obviously with out seeing a picture of them we are all guessing. A friend of mine had a bitch which came out in blisters which looked like chicken pox. It turned out she was allergic to the food my friend was feeding her. In the end the only food she could tolerate was a mixture of boiled rice and minced lamb which my friend had to cook fresh every day.

Newfy babies get something like that sometimes when they are playing in water and always soaking wet, where they lay in the water that they have spilt, is your dog playing in water or wet from the rain and not dried underneath?

Peanuts

hi i had aboxer with the same problem turned out to be an allergy,ask vet for antihistamine,

Thank you all so much the information has been very helpful.

I know it can seem expensive but the vet is the way to go as the trouble with a condition like this is that it can be caused by a variety of things.  The vet will need to work through until he/she finds the right cause, then work through some more options til they find the right cure!!

Hopefully it won't take too long to pinpoint the problem but it's worth keeping a close eye out to determine if anything makes the blisters worse or better.  There are also a couple of things you can do at little or no cost or effort to see if it helps...

If you think the blisters get worse after walking, grass or mud contact etc, wash your dogs tummy after every walk with a weak solution of Hibiscrub (Boots or online chemist).  Also wash your dogs bedding with something like Surcare.  Whatever the initial cause, you may find that dust mites exacerbate the condition so vacuum regularly too

It sounds like an allergic reaction, and the season for that has just started (if it's pollen), but it can take some trial and effort to determine if an allergy is the cause, and then discover what she is allergic to.  Hopefully it's something much easier to diagnose and manage, fingers crossed for you :)

I do take your point that you have to work through until you find the right cure, but I thought the alergy route would be the first route to go down rather than give antibiotics however I suppose it was up to me to say so.  Nothing seems to make the blisters worse or better they are just there, although a couple of them have now fused into one. We are now trying Fuciderm as suggested by someone else on the forum. Thanks for your advice.

>I thought the alergy route would be the first route to go down

I think because 'allergies' can be a long a difficult process to accurately identify, vets will often try something more direct first.  That was certainly my experience.  In fact, although my vet thought it might be allergies, she wanted to rule a couple of things out first and it was a while before doing blood tests. 

Did your vet prescribe fuciderm?  It's great stuff and when it's the right 'cure' it works very quickly.  I hope it does the trick for you and that you aren't on the first step of a big allergy investigation.  I now have an injection regime and method of management that works well for my boy but it took a while to get there!